Vessel: Abydos AMCP 19-9

Context Information

Abydos

23rd century BCE

Cemetery/Necropolis

Egypt/Middle Egypt

6th Dynasty

Abydos Middle Cemetery (AMC), Tomb of Idi, Unit 3, Levels 1, 2, 17

Vessel Details

Jar, storage

Lower 11 cm of interior 10YR 8/3; above this 2.5YR 6/4–5/4, Section/break: 2.5YR 4/6, Exterior surface 10R 6/6–6/8

BD: 14 cm; preserved H: 18 cm

Transport/Storage

Exterior surface 10R 6/6–6/8. Interior wet-smoothed with a tool. Lower 11 cm of interior 10YR 8/3; above this 2.5YR 6/4–5/4. Exterior combed. Deep horizontal combing near base applied using a turning device. Above this a band of very faint vertical combing. The horizontal combing above the latter is light. Some faint oblique combing strokes on non-joining body sherds. Handle base has a pre-firing pot mark shaped like an elliptical depression.

Mold made and Hand made coil

800-850 degrees celcius

Vessel Images  1


Jar, storage
Abydos
23rd century BCE
6th Dynasty

Break Photos  1


Jar, storage
Abydos
23rd century BCE
6th Dynasty

Thin Section Photos  0

Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

c. 3050-2200 BCE

Early Bronze Age II, Early Bronze Age III

Associated Kiln/Workshop